The Oregon statesman., June 21, 1941, Page 10, Image 10

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Py RON GODIELL -
Dusting around a few corn
ers: John Lardner, son of tht
famous Ring, credits the Conn-
Louis 13th round as the best
single heat in heavyweight
fight ranks since the first round
of the 1923 Dempsey-Firpo
fight , . . Lardner says that in
the seventh round, when Louis
had driven a trip-hammer series
of blows to Conn's thin body, Billy
vr-H hackward and bared his
teeth at the brown man . .
you're in a tough fight, you know
.that, don't you, you such-and-such?",
Lardner quotes Conn as
saying. . !
i That all is not well in the Wes
international household at
Wenatchee a rumor that has per
slsted for the past three weeks
received somewhat of a verifica
tion Friday when Charles TL
Stark, Jr., sports editor of the
Dokesman-Review. said Wen-
atchee Is considering transfer of
some of its league schedule to
Lewiston . . .'Previous stories of
the rumor variety were to the ef
fect that visiting WI clubs had
been having somewhat of a time
collecting their guarantees at Wen
atchee.
vnue inc posaiuitj .
as remote as a rooster's crow
In the white boose, Salem's
Keller Wagner most certainly
could win the world's heavy
weight championship If all he
had to do was connect with one
solid punch . . . As he again
demonstrated Thursday night,
Warner Isn't merely a hard
puncher he's a terrific hitter.
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, June- 21, 1941
oi a. : n m - o l e a
After Bevo Win aeais oiampeue t,apS tilOUt SOlOnS IOr i -V
Mel Marlowe, the little south- 1 A O 1
slder who subdued our Senators KftVOS. AU-tjI W7 a. T? P a. CI
th. Tma Tiwrs m their last Win tA H.VAtl I lirrPllf .NIT Pltl
- a - m O II All SJ T Vll ViUi A viil uuvui
yaks lop sacs
for the Taeoma Tigers in their last
launt in here, was one worth
15000 one day and absolutely
nothing the next . . . Marlowe,
when pitching for Washington coast league giANuwus
Cherubic Casey Pitts Platter 174 Feet,
Brooks
Chucks
Win Over Reds
8.
75 Inches
in
NCAA
' Lowly Solons
(Of American)
iWIrip Indians
; By RUSS NEWLAKD . .
PALO ALTO. Calif, June M&Olt Archie Harris, great
n.nA athl.1. frmi the University of Indiana, cloaked himself in 1 !'....'' mmnoi j
.nu.. .... cnivri 1- - I juaeJuvw j. B,vfvv
. j , - , . , t: J V. IV. U'. , . , ur f. . . . . W T.
M M i ji,,. ,, M.I. f th. Hutloul ColleirnU Athl.tle iswii. S32SS 5 S lilSinili S S iit
1-1 M A Me.BUI. - M 11. I Ul UMVIM MMn a I nW2Vl WW. " ' T
NcwYcnrk so Boston . i 34 jss tion track and field championships at Stanford stadium.. '
CincinU 30 3 JOSPhlladel . 17 41 J3 u. M 1otti. sailinif 174 fwt 8 inrh:
CINCINNATI, June 2(HPh " The recognized world mark in the event is 174 feet 2& inches
cnuDDy Mugn taiey, wno nan xi April 28, 1935, by Willi senraer oi uermany.
failed to iinisn in nis lasx inree I ironleaUr Harris reached tne
starts, pitched three-bit ball in- CM i,e jg been strlvta for the
day as the Brooklyn Dodgers
trounced the Cincinnati Reds, 6
to 2.
- The chunky riithander gave
two walks ahead of a single by
Frank McCormick for a Cincin
nati run. In the first Inning and
Lonnie Frey tripled in the sixth
to score the Reds' other run on
an infield out
But otherwise Casey was In
vulnerable and had no .trouble
goal ha has oeen iinTini ior mw j- - O
last twa years; 'P"!.?"- rOlKSterS OCC
Mienaea ana wiuurat ua muuu
ering applause usually greeting
such feats. .. ;
For purposes of safety, the
discus throwers were sent ta
Ana-ell Held adjacent to Stan
ford stadium, where the balance
of the athletes were qualifying
In nine ether events. - - -Harris
mark, although made in
the trials will stand unless bet
WASHINGTON, June 20-(Fh
The lowly Washington - Senators
allowed Cleveland to tie the score
with a run barrage In' the ninth.
but pushed over a run in their
JVIiioh Krmphnll league ' mday. ' ;
frames,' the Senators tallied twice
in the fifth, then deadlocked the
count in the sixth and assumed a .
Valstz Tops Portland
Vallev Loon VFW Area a assumea a
vauey Loop, vr w Aces three-run advantage going into
Head Twilight Circuit the ninth, when a walk and hits
' by Gee Walker, Jeff Heath, and
DALLAS With three baseball Clarence Campbell produced
obtaining his eighth victory of tared in tomorrow's finals. It ako Sdiibai ends I ga-
the season. will go as a new kcaa recoru, tne -M B - f . .t
Proiriyn a 9 0 former being 173 feet made in
Cincinnati ......,..,2 S 0 1936 by Ken Carpenter of the Unl-
Casey and Franks; Walters, versity of Southern California.
Beggs (9) and Lombard!. . I The big negro also qualified in
the shot put, at 60 feet 0V4 inches.
French Rlanka RravM moziM 01 ueorgetown lea m
wianits tj raves tte competition with
CHICAGO, June 20-(Uirry heave of 54 feet inch.
French, sidetracked from two Aside from Harris' record bet-
starungrurns Decause 01 nis ais- terina effort. Individual laurels
George Archie, lately shifted to
ular games are not scheduled, f ol- third, cracked out a single for
lowers of the sport made-famous Washington in the final inning,
by "Casey" are getting plenty of stole second and scored the win-
it. nina run on Buddy Lewis one
The Dallas Twilight league is baser.
playing three to four games week-1. , ' A ...
ly, the Portland Valley league has evia"a . 1 ". : Z J; f
three Sunday games slated for """"i1"'1. rrr' "
Mae fioM at Tun nt ni th. Smith, Eisenstat (8), & Brown
Tri-County league has games nd Hemsley; Hudson, Mas-
B xerina; euort, maiviauai laureis o . ... ,-i ta
appointing record, came back to for e day went to limber Billy scheduled for Falls City. : Io addi- Jf"011 c Caixasquel (9), and
snut out me wsion craves on Brown of Louisiana State unlver- on. numoer or exhibition
four hits Friday while the Chi-1 s;tv. He aualified in three events. I clashes are slated for those Sun-
cago Cubs cashed in passes for the 100 and 220 yard dashes and day when the Valsetz Loggers
inree runs ana aaaea two more the broad tumnL He led the bmad are away from home.
VANCOUVER, une 20-(CP)-Vancouver's Capilanos com
1 Snaaava, vaa tv v vniu sy tviwiia w j
State, was offered $5000 to sign ,.,ml. 7, Jlm An 34 40 .459 1 hittine to blank Salem Senators 7-0 in a Western International
a major .league contract out re- fanotejo 40 fixture here Friday night.
fused it in favor of a college ed- tun Portland 30 42 iin Cy Greenlaw took top honors as the Capilanos evened their
series with Salem at one game apiece, but was aided by home
PORTLAND, June 20-(P)-The ! runs from the bats of Bill Bren-
iSan- Francisco Seals pounded ner, who hit for the circuit In
three Portland pitchers for a 10- the second inning,- and Smead
to-3 Coast league victory ' here Jolley, who hit a 400-foot drive
Friday night over the centerfield fence in the
San Francisco .... - 10 12 2 fifth.
Portland - 3 7 2 Salem loaded the bases in the
Gibson and Ogrodowski; Calla- ninth but couldn't get to Greenlaw
on homers by Phil Cavarretta and jumpers at 24 feet 7 inches; won
Bane uamgren zor a 0-0 tnumpn.
Boston . .0 4 1
Chicago - S 7 0
Errickson, Hutchings (8) and
Berres, Mas! (8); French and
McCullough.
Yanks Rampage
ucation . . Next day after re
ceiving the offer, Marlowe hurled
a win for the Cougars in the rain
and then drove home, wet clothes
and all. without getting his show
er and rubdown . . . Next day he
coudln't lift the left flipper, nor
could he for almost a year after
ward
.Oregon's Vic Townsend and
Spokes Return
To Top; Tiges
Move Into 5th
Paul Linde- han- Orrell (5), Gonzales (9) and fora run.
man will be teammates of Angela Schultz. ,
Hank Luisettl next season".
The trio is aoing to play for the Angels Victors
j big oU company ' at Bartlesville, SEATTLE, June 20-j'P)-A
Okla.
That is, if the draft outburst in the sixth inning,
doesn't get 'em.
Not official yet, but It 4s
probable that Lee Fallln will
fling for ear Solons against bis
former mates In Portland Mon
day nlfht . . . .Brother Larry
Fallln, who may be reached at
phone 5335, Is organizing a Sa
lem caravan to go In for the
fame . . . Our Legislators would
like the stretch their skein of
wins over Pacific Coast leagae
clubs to three straight and think
they have what it takes to spank
the Bevos.
O
including First Baseman Phil
Weintraub's two-run homer, gave
I Los Angeles a ,8 to 1 victory over
Seattle Friday night in a Paci
fic Coast league baseball game.
Los Angeles 3 7 2
Seattle . 17 0
Prim and Campbell; Johnson,
l Brown (7), Soriano (9) and Collins..-
,v" '
The Caps clouted four runs off
Dell Oliver in- the first inning.
Oliver was relieved by young
Chet Simpson in the eighth.
SALEM ()
Lanifero. 2
Cameron, 3
Petersen. M
Llghtner, r
Bates. 1
Bergstroni. 1
Gruaths, s
Adams, c
Oliver, p
Warren
Simpson, p
Totals
VANCOUVER (7)
Warfleld, m
Ortelg, S
Jonas, 1
Jolley. r .
Jewell.
Wright, 1
B K H OA K
- 4 0 2 2 3 1
3 0 0 1 3 0
a 0 1 0 0 0
4 0 1 1
4 0 1 n O S
4 0 0 2 1 0
........ a 1 1 s 1
3 0 1 3 0
3 0 0 1 3 0
..,. - 1 0 0 0 0 0
, 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 0 7 24 13 S
Callteaux. 2
Brenner, c .
Greenlaw, p
Totals
B K B O A
0120
12 2 0
2 110
s s s 0
100s
0 s 0 0
0. 0 2 0
1 2 8 0 0
0 2 0 S 0
1 13 27 11 1
K
Oaks 3, Sacs 2
OAKLAND, June 20--Oa
land edged the Coast league lead-
Log Sacramentos, 3 to 2, in a 13-
inning pitchers' duel here Friday Salem
nitrht. Vancouver
i ni.Nni ,f iiiiw - - -1 -Batted for Oliver in 8U1. Losins
o , . ," - Iwul Oakland . S 8 1 pitcher, Oliver; seven runs. 12 hits off
Steers Last Chance
000 000 0000 7
410 010 10 7 13
be Les Steers' final chance at the
seven-foot high jump . . . Steers,
who already this season has
lnV 4Vi itmnffintnl nriruir mnarV
WIVKwi m..na w-v I . 9
and who has thrice broken the Padres in 13
world's outdoor mark, may soon HOLLYWOOD. June
be drafted into the army
Munger and Wieczoerek, Klutz teSf ? SSSC
(21: Corbett and Conroy. Is. Struckout, Oliver 2. GreenUw 2.
sunpaon i. ses on Dtm oil uuvfr
3. GreenUd 2, Simpson 1. Wild pitches,
Oliver. Left on bases, Salem S, Van'
couver 10.
20 (JPi I Horn runs. Brenner, Jolley. Three
tm 1 tr t j l 1 1 mhj mis. n rigm. twg omam ana, xreD'
- xiwr oan xyieuw x- yuaucu uiw ner. jona- Lanilero. Runs bitted in.
so, Col. Bill Hayward foresees the run across in the 13th inning of Wright 2, Jolley 3, Brenner, sacrifice.
fcl. Io fVt lan -m r.T Frl- WT?1- Dou.blo plays. Cailtesux. to
v. .-r. I - o-- " rwngnt, jeweu to caiiteaux to wrlgnt
Tvu Novikoff. the Mad Musco- day nlaht to best Hollywood. 4 to i; ouver to Griffiths: Lanifero to
lt -nnarentlv is a malor lea-lie 3. Bates.Tlme, l). Umpires, Weisger-
-- - - - . oer ana Moran.
bust . . . Kumor now nas xnai oan uiego -
the 25-year-old terror of h
es Is headed for another move to
the minors . .- ."His anemic .-tU
batting average with the Cubs not
being enough to offset his slow
ness afield and undefendable
throwing arm, Novikoff is ticketed
back to the brush. . '
Hottest Softball spot in Ore
gon this season so far is Astoria,
relates Dwight Adams, state di
rector . . . "Their setup, with
five town teams and five ser
vice teams from the nearby army
camps In the league, makes for
natural rivalry between the ar
my teams and- town teams,"
says Adams. . ; . "One service
team has a pitcher from Ohio,
- named Bacon, who Is as good as
Portland's Archie Hamlin or
Pendleton's Harvey Griffin."
-Hollywood
n a
mywou 1 mi -r c! ,T
Terry and Detore; Dasso, Bit- lOUDg Southpaw
horn (8) and Dapper. - Hurls No-No
BINGHAMTON, NY, June 20
-(flVHerbie KarpeL 20-year-old
nrSmftri othPawLfrom New York City,
piicnea a no-mi, no-run game ior
Binghamton in the class A East
ern baseball league Friday night,
shutting out Ilmira, 2 to 0. Only
four men reached first base, all
on walks.
DeLay Grant-ed;
Salem Juniors
Play Silverton
DeLa y has been Grant-ed.
A Statesman's story, annonne-'-
Aounclng that Gny DeLay, Sil
, Yerton Junior Legion coach, and
Ethan Grant, Salem's Junior Le
gion coach, were seeking a Sun
day game resulted In the sched
uling of a clash between the
twa.
The Salems and Silvertons
therefore meet at 2:30 p. m .
Sunday on McGinn Is field. It
win be the first test for the
Grant boys, while theDeLay
lads have already put away the
Marion county championship by
besting Woodburn two straight.
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r,r--7i . 7-11 ICE
L-L-l.i Cream bars
TODAY'S MATINEE ;
K0LLYV;OOD THEATRE
HuskyO
In Time Trial
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y- June
20 ("Washington's long-awaited
time trial, bringing rumors of ex
ceptionally fast time, overshad
owed the arrival of Massachusetts
Tech's . freshmen and varsity
crews On the Hudson today. - .
The Huskies got out early, be
fore the heat interfered with work
outs, and went upstream over the
full . four-mile course. As usual,
no time was given out at the Wash
ington boathouse, but observers
were deeply impressed by. the sav
age lift to the shell as the power
Dues Edge Phils
PITTSBURGH, June ZO-iJFj-
The t Philadelphia Phillies lost
their fifth straight game Friday
but carried the Pittsburgh Pirates
to the very last ditch in the
ninth inning before bowing 7 to
6.
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Podgajny,
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
w L Pctl W L Pet
Spokane 28 17 .622' Salem 20 25 .444
Yaaima zi if .u iiconu -v -
Vancouv 29 29 -OOtWenatch 18 29 fflfl
YAKIMA, June 20-tfVSpokane
pulled a 10-inning thriller out of
the fire with a three-run splurge
Friday night to win 13-10 in the
second tilt of a five-game West-
em International league series
with Yakima.
The victory placed Spokane
back in the league lead by half a
game.
Yakima led 4-2 going Into the
sixth when Spokane capita ae
on five hits and a Yakima bobble
to count five runs. Yakima went
a run ahead In the same inning
with a four-run rally. Hal Sueme
tripled to bring In three and
scored himself on a single.
Spokane tied the count in the
seventh and went two ahead in
the eighth, only to see the Pippins
tie the score at 10-all in the same
inning. In the tenth, Frank Milan!
tripled to send three Spokane
runners home and put the game
on ice.
Spokane 13 17
Yakima 10 10
OTlynne, Kinnaman (6) and
Myers; McConnell, Eisenmann
(II), Barkelew (7), Greer (9) and
Sueme. ,
Tiges Take Two
TACOMA, June 2HVThe Ta
coma Tigers shut out the Wenat
chee Chiefs for the third con
secutive time Friday night when
they blanked the Chiefs S to 0 in
the nightcap after taking the
opener of a Western International
league baseball doubleheader,
to 0.
Steady pitching by Bryant
..6 9
.7 15
his heat in the century in 9.8
seconds and took second in the
220 hard trial.
Norwood EwelL Penn State
negro flash, won his heats In
the two sprints, with a 9.9 clock
ing In the 100 and 111 seconds
time In the 220. An upset in
the hundred saw Carlton Terry
of the University of Texas fall
to qualify in his heat. The cham
pion of the southwest confer
ence was -strongly favored to
finish well up but apparently
had not recovered from a stom
ach ailment from which he was
suffering Thursday.
Hardly less surprising was the
The Loggers are currently lead
ing, the Portland Valley loop,
having lost but one game In four
played. They play Amity at
Mae field this Sunday.
Ray Boydsten's VFW Aces lead
NEW YORK, June 20-i!p)-The
New York Yankees went on A
slugging rampage Friday to over
whelm the Detroit Tigers 14 to 4
with-17 hits Including home runs
by Tom Henrich and Charley
the Twilight league with four KeUerf fte lourth m four
play to date. Second round play
opens June 24.
Valsetz' schedule includes Ami
ty at Valsetz, June 22; Liberty Ice
& Coal at Valsetz, June 29; Val
setz at VFW, July 13; Pepsi-Cola
at Valsetz, July 27; Valsetz at Sell
wood, August 3; Amity at Val
setz, August 10.
days. . ..
Their first seven hits and seven
runs came off overheated Bobo
Newsome in the- first three in
nings and caused him his ninth
defeat of the year. Archie Mc-
Kain was left on the mound to
absorb the remainder of the Yan
kee bombing.
Pearson' 71 and . . .
WrreV Wilki,, SttnceVich (7), ", JS" -. " VFW V Mill, June ., W
T-:. o j t t .1- s I - - I VH xalecman ve Fit ntv Tuna I
ici (o,, ami ipe., wavis (.; I He ran as if carrying weights in
Joe DiM&c&io also extended hia
Second round Twilight league hattina- streak to 33 ffamea with
slate Includes Airlie vs. States- three ainalea and a rfnuhl in five
Jints Blast Cards
ST. LOUIS, June 20-ff)-The
each hand and was far back in
26; Salesman vs. Falls City. June
27; VFW vs. Salesmen, July 2; I Detroit
. 4
.14
7
17
Aif1i' jr;il y T..1-. n. .ii- :.. I rVr VnrW
., SI J I lv V AAA Si U1JT I fCLUS wllr I waa.
on,l , v , vs. Statesman, 'July 8: VFW vs. Newsom, McKain (3), and Teb
uik uaai. uiicue u U1C 1 c1 T..l ,n. c-.-i . lrt- T?ucir mnA Ttirlrmv
.'. - ' . I nrvllmlnsri.. -o- K V " f"W5H VS. I
ew l ori uianis niasiea lean Mill, July 11; Airlie vs. Salesmen,
on warneae irom tne mouna . . , j-. 14. vrw vs PaTl r?fr Jni
with a five-run assault in the kversity to an 880-yard JSVS
eighth Innincr T"ridav nipht tn H-1 run nea xavoriw XO Win, ne A,r " Z'
" " I t I 1 I . I AilllC VS. X 11S L.IIT. JU1T
feat the-St Louis Cardinals, 6 M w . vy Statesman. J1t 21
tu " . track, then made ud some thirty vr w vs siaieman Jul7 21
, u ! uic inKuc-mueis I . . .... ... "
margin over the second place K8..? ishext to last but
Brooklyn Dodgers to two games. Tv ,
New York Jt 6 11 1 L MacMjteheU, however, is en-
St Louis 2 8 1 1 e nme Tun wmn,ow, an
cveui iie won m uie recent in
tercollegiate 4-A championships.
As expected .Southern Cali
fornia, shooting for its seventh
V
Carpdhter and D aiming; War-
nek e, Nahem (8) and Mancuso.
Airlie vs. Falls City, July 18;
VFW vs. Statesman, July 21.
Coast Streams
Held Best Bet
Junior Golf Meet
Attracts 200
Bosox Best Browns
BOSTON, June 20 - UP) - Al
though outhit 11 to 7 by the Si
Louis Browns, the Boston Red
Sox took the series opener Friday
4 to 2, making better use of their
blows.
St Louis
Boston
Auker, Alien (8) and Ferrell;
11
1
,h?r f,T en PORTLAND, June 20-The Dobson, Ryba (7) and Putlak.
team duunpionship, galloped off coast offers the best fishing this
Zi rT yu ym Pces. i weekend, the bulletin of the state
ie mweu-coacnea con- ga-e commission said Friday. Kpotr HP1 Kjlvna
tingent landed men In eleven f t, 17 CI1 1VUV US
PORTLAND, June 20 - (JP) -flc.e University of California Newport and rock fishing at Ya- FlVP FeliOWfl in
o-w 9nn ifri. tVi e4 landed six Dlaces: Ohio state five . . , ,. X lvC L CI1UYVB 111
Acquarium Battle
Nearly 200 entries for the state six places; Ohio stale five as the lead
Junior golf tournament were re- fu our. umer quauiy- 6pots
ceived here by noon Friday, the l"?? " Report by counties included
aeaoune. - Polk Anelin. rood in streams with
rvtioHf-ocf nis -ni mtixr- Mm. I versity, Waahington, Stanford, sincies tm best lure.
.. .w- . . . . . . . ' I T. r , ..- I w 11
. ...... . i iinivpmir nr -iirrkTOi v s mai iuir viww tuuuii mmm ui. mi
oay on me Aiaerwooa course. "T" Z TT . . . and in Breitenbush river and the San-
Don Veatch, Longview, winner C1CS na "uana oiaie; rwo tiam. i Other streams only fair.
, io -q .t ?- each, Notre Dame. Colorado. Wis- Benton Few fishermen reported but
v- --" """""" i--4V,' r- o.- some fair catches made with fray
entrants last night I CI Northwestern, Penn State, haeki and bucktaii coachman lues
wPhin4 c t til- I Lane -Lakes In eastern part of coun-
cv,r,. in ,. Ml . ?. . r- ty good but gold Lake only xair. some
w i , C- 7 .V" I oae cacn, UKianoma, Webraska, catches reported on McKenzie river
iviaiiuwc, wuu wuu uia xuui m Montana Rir OnrMtnun -ya near xuue nver. in con near iior
straiffht fame accounted for tha fj j t,. 8 . ence, SUtcooa. Mercer. MunseU and
stralgftt ame, accounted ior Uie I viej.t Howard Payne, Minnesota, Sutton- lakes good, for bass and perch
uuuuie uwt tb uw aicib
into fifth place.
Second game:
Wenatchee 0 7 1
Tacoma . S 8 1
Waller and Farrell; Marlowe
and Stoeber.
First game:
Wenatchee 0 8 . 2
Tacoma 9 16 2
Williams and .Mayer; Stephens
and Stoeber.
but very few trout reported. Good
catftshine In slouchs near Maple ton.
Lake Chewaucan river. Elder and
cago, Oregon State, Oklahoma A j Dairy Creeks and Thompson - valley
and M and Utah State.
Pittsburgh, Utah, California Ag
gies, Michigan, Loyola of Chi-
Air Saturated With 'Ifs,'AU Right, but
Headlines Always Read: Louis Wins by K0
By WHITNEY MARTIN
(Special to The Statesman)
NEW YORK, June ItHJPfU
was turned. on In the last mile. B" Conn hadn't believed he
The oarsmen looked fresh as they I could slug it out with Joe Louis,
returned to the boathouse and gave Billy probably would be world
tne aPPeafance oi being able to today. .
Joe Louis won by a knockout.
nt. AQ Kii " Buaay tfaer naa xouowea up
GEARHART, Joe 20-Two Buddy
urcgomans n- w avi ciay ehl have won the title.
pigeons at - xo juuj u c xuui
day in practice shooting for the
annual state trapshoot
Lcaguo Baseball
Joe Louis won by a knockout.
If Abe Simon had had two good
hands, instead of only the left as
he ' claimed, he . might have de
feated Joe Louis, ,
Joe Louis won by a knockout.
If Tony Galento had followed
through with another left hook
after he knocked Joe Louis down,
SENATOR BATTINO AVERAGES
B H Avgl B H Ave
Coleman S S .400Heer 31 7 23
Warren II 7 .333 Bates 163 S3 J95
Lanifero 171 M J27 UKhtnr 150 27 J0
Grifths 147 43 ?92 Dierickx io s JM I Tony might have been the cham
rwri j ma cnvuws
Adams 127 S4 J67 FaUin
Cameron 78 19 48 Simpson
Bergstm lfio 39 i5Wlnr
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Minneapolis S. St. Paul .
, (Only game scheduled)..
a at -ac I
zi as Plon. (Perish the thought)
1 o ooo I Joe Loots won by a knockout.
V AMU I T ,t J I- I
ifs miuia icvutu s uutvuiu
with "lis,' an voice in a plaintive
bleat by the losers and their fol
lowers and all as futile as those
saddest .words ol tongue or pen:
It might have been.
PIONEER LEAGCl -.
Boise S, Og-den 1. .
lTt"ik. to Tu (tie). I "Why Is it they never have to
say: or Mif Louis hadn't been care
less he wouldn't have been knock
ed out," or "if Louis hadnt had
his eye cut he would have gone
the limit?" We're just asking.
Could it be because Joe Louis
outlines his own destiny, makes
his own breaks and takes advan
tage of them? Could it be, in
short, that Joe Louis has a little
more of what it takes than the
other fellow?
There is something ' as final as
death about that terse statement:
"Louis won by a knockout,
It smothers all the ifs, all the
might-have-beens. For, after all.
the main idea of a "fight is to win,
and the most convincing way to
win is by a knockout . Joe Louis'
opponents have the same oppor
tunity. It's Just unfortunate for
them that they seem to make all
the mistakes. Louis, it seems,
never makes a mistake, or at least
a fatal mistake. ..:
All the "ifs" associated with
the losers can be di-mlssed but
one the Billy Conn if. The other
fellows never had a chance. Even
in Conn's case the use of "if is
debatable. Louis had been wait
ing patiently for just such a
chance. He thought it would come
NEW YORK, June XMAVA
big fish with a paralysing pow-
. er that Joe Leals might envy
scored ' momentary knockouts
Friday - over five employes of
the New York aquarium while It
was being damped Into a salt
water tank.
The biggest Torpedo Eay ever
handled hi captivity at the
aquarium, the fish ts four feet
long, Z 14 feet wide, weighs be
tween 41 and 89 pounds, and
' delivers an electrical discharge ,
of about 200 volts with an out
put of about S horsepower. Spe
cimens weighing more than 39
pounds are rare.
SPOKANE, June 20-OPr-The I Mrs. Bell Wins medal play honors Friday, while
Pacific Northwest Golf association Mrs. Kate Bell outscored the! Mrs, Glenn Stevens headed class
was dismantling a daisy Friday, I women's day field at the Salem B and Mrs. H. K. Stockwell paced
trying to decide it the navy will Golf course to take" down class A1 class C shotmakers.
or the navy won't give Cham
pion Jack Westland of Seattle -a I
furlough during the annual north
west amateur tournament next
week. . -
Mahlon B. Rucker, PNGA presi
dent, said Westland wrote recent
ly he was unable to arrange leave
Westland's Case
In Navy's Hands
reservoir fair for bait and fly anelinf.
Drews reservoir fair for trolling and
bait. Dog lake fair for bait.
Linn Trout angling good in most
streams. Lakes along Willamette river
reported several catches, of large baas
and limit catches ol crapptes ana Diue
gills.
sooner or later.' We thought so, I
too, even aixer me iq rouna to defend A j
when Louis was a pretty seasick fMi , .. v v
mt w I mietli v-enlte . .1.
ia. -MifcO. aVUVACl
results, Rucker reDorted.
Westland. a reserve officer called
into active service recently, is at I
sana foint.
Parker Defeats
McNeill Again
There Is something so dead
ly, so merciless about his stalk
ing that yon feel that somehow,
somewhere ' along the line he
win explode and wipe ant any
deficit. One little opening, one
i dean shot . and It Is the be
ginning af the end.
As for Billy Conn, there is Just
one word for him maenificent. I CHICAGO, June 20-tPV-
PhysicaUT out of hia class, fan in Frankie Parker, who conauered
Ldynamite fists, he staked every- Don McNeill just five days ago to
thing on his fleetness of foot, box- rin tne St. Louis triple-A tourna-
ing skill and courage. , Mostly ment, did it again Friday to reach
courage. , the r finals of the national clay
We take back anything we ever courts tennis tournament,
said about him beings poor match The scores were 8-, 6-0, 6-4,
for the champion,' but at the same 8-2 with Parker, 1939 clay court
time we believe that if they fought winner, playing a heady, steady
again the same htrg would hap- game and frequently passing the
pen. Somewhere, somehow that defending champion at the net.
opening would appear in Billy's The top seeded Pauline Beta
armor. Louis might look like a
novice until that time, but he has
looked bad before, and always the women's singles finals.
lime-worn , headline is dragged
out: . , ; ..
"Louis wins by a Xnackeai,"
Give a real sportsman the credit I On Page 2
and Mary Arnold, both of Los
Angeles, won their way to the
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